The 1st International Potato Value Chain and other root crops summit and Expo is scheduled to take place in Jos, Plateau State on Thursday November 18, 2021 at Crispan Hotel and Event Centre, Rayfield, Jos.
A statement by the MD/CEO of International Potato
Value-Chain and Root Crops Conference and Exhibition, Mr Ambrose Okojie, said
the Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, is the chief host, while the
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, will
deliver the key note address of the event.
Okojie also stated that a wide spectrum of stakeholders in
the root crops value chain, including farmers from Plateau State are attending
the programme.
The Presidency had on September 23, 2021 threw its weight
behind the staging of the expo.
According to the statement, the Secretary to the Government
of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, gave this validation when he
received the organisers of the expo in his office in Abuja, adding that he was
also decorated as a chief ambassador of programme.
Promising to physically attend the event, the statement
quoted Mustapha to have said that the idea of the expo is novel and in tandem
with the objectives of the federal government’s desire to diversify the economy
and attract Direct Foreign Investment through agriculture.
The event was earlier scheduled to hold September 14 to 16,
2021 but was shifted to November 18, due to the sudden crises in Jos.
The statement also quoted the SGF, speaking through the
Permanent Secretary in the office of the SGF on Political and Economy, Mr.
Andrew David Adejo, as saying: “The federal government will support the expo
because it is in line with the economic diversification of Nigeria’s economy.”
According to the organisers of the event, ABG Paulas
Resources Limited, some of the confirmed speakers are the Managing Director of
NIRSAL, Aliyu Abdulahammed; the Executive Secretary, Agricultural Research
Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Prof. Garba Sharubutu; and member Board of
Directors, Inova Capital Ag, Switzerland, Prince Henry Erimodafe, it said.
Others expected at the event are the General Manager Grimme,
Germany, Mr. Frank Noddmann; Mr. Ulf Zell, a German International Management
Consultant; Nigeria’s Ambassador to Germany, Ambassador Tuggar; Dr. Franz-Georg
Von Busse, Company Rep Pottinger, Austria; and the Chief Executive officer and
Managing Director of Riela, Prof. Karl-Heinz Knoop.
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